Malaysian Airlines MH370 Flight Incident

[irishman12]

http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/e...dark-site.html

Sepang, 8 March 2014: Malaysian Airlines is still unable to establish any contact or determine the whereabouts of flight MH370.

[Dedworth]

Tragic

[gWaPito]

It made my blood run cold reading that

I used that same airline with my wife and 2 babies. I noticed there's 2 infants on the manifest

[Michael Parnham]

Very suspicious!

[SimonH]

Some interesting reading, including the fact that 2 of the passengers were travelling on stolen passports

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...t-live-3219331

[Dedworth]

Just reading in the Telegraph that as well as the 2 stolen passports there's another 2 passengers with suspect passengers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ane-MH370.html

[KeithD]

I would imagine passengers on false passports in that part of the world was normal.

Until the black boxes are recovered, it is not worth wasting time talking about what happened. This can take years, as the Air France crash off the coast of Brazil took 3 years to come to a conclusion: Basically pilot error

[Slip]

We have a contract at work with Malaysian airlines and the man in charge of the flights here was telling me that he knows the two pilots and they have 10's of years experience between them....

I would say for no mayday message to be sent before it disappeared then something serious happened so quickly that nobody would have time to react.

[Harry T]

I would imagine passengers on false passports in that part of the world was normal.

Until the black boxes are recovered, it is not worth wasting time talking about what happened. This can take years, as the Air France crash off the coast of Brazil took 3 years to come to a conclusion: Basically pilot error

Pilot error? No one knows. What we do know is, two stolen passports on an Interpol database were used. Obviously this raises some serious security questions. For instance, I am booked on a Phillipines flight to Manila in May, but they haven't asked for my passport details. It's a worry when reading of these things. It's all very well, but airlines need to cover basic security measures.

[gWaPito]

Pilot error?, no one knows. What we do know is, two stolen passports on an Interpol database were used, obviously this raises some serious security questions. For instance, I am booked on a Phillipines flight to Manila in May, but they haven't asked for my passport details. It's a worry when reading of these things. It's all very well but airlines need to cover basic security measures.

More than likely the plane was probably taken out by one of these pesky American drones. As for the innocent. .it's okay. .getting killed by friendly fire is perfectly acceptable nowadays

[KeithD]

Isn't it strange that in our hi-tech world, with satellites that can read a number plate, everything tracked by mobiles and GPS, we can lose a massive 777?

[grahamw48]

For those interested in what they're saying on the 'Pilots' Forum' (+ a few wannabes and plane spotters).

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...t-lost-52.html

[Steve.r]

For someone booked on a flight to Beijing next Sunday, it's a little worrying!!!

[grahamw48]

Have a safe journey Steve...and be prepared for extra security checks!

[gWaPito]

Thanks for the negative rep, whoever issued it

....Apparently my last post here wasn't nice. All tongue and cheek folks. I was actually being ironic

[Steve.r]

Have a safe journey Steve...and be prepared for extra security checks!

Thanks Graham, I am sure there will be extra checks at NAIA for a few days. Maybe I won't pack my xbox.

[grahamw48]

Another good site for updates and comment:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4710c69b&opt=0

[gWaPito]

Isn't it strange that in our hi-tech world, with satellites that can read a number plate, everything tracked by mobiles and GPS, we can lose a massive 777?

Careful...you're risking getting a clutch of negative reps

I've clocked up 4 so far today.

I hope it's nothing I've said!

[SimonH]

Thanks for the negative rep, whoever issued it

....Apparently my last post here wasn't nice. All tongue and cheek folks. I was actually being ironic

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy

[gWaPito]

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy

Too many folks taking themselves far too seriously, then wonder why they're in the predicament they are in

[Dedworth]

Seems like the authorities are in some doubt as to the planes last known position - they're now talking about searching on the west side of the Malay peninsula

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26513506

[fred]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...continues-live
Inspector general of police identifies one person on stolen passport as Iranian:

Malaysia’s inspector general of police has identified one of the passengers using a stolen passport as a 19 year old Iranian man and says it is “not likely” he is involved with a terrorism organisation.
“We have identified an Iranian by the name of Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad. He is 19 years old and he is an Iranian, we believe that he is an Iranian,” he said.
“We have been checking his background. He have also checked him with other police organisation on his profile and we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group.”

“We believe that he is trying to migrate to Germany.”
The police chief said that they had not finalised their investigation on the other passenger who used a stolen passport.
“On the other person which travels on the stolen passport we are still conducting our investigation,” he sai

[Dedworth]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...continues-live
Inspector general of police identifies one person on stolen passport as Iranian:

Malaysia’s inspector general of police has identified one of the passengers using a stolen passport as a 19 year old Iranian man and says it is “not likely” he is involved with a terrorism organisation.
“We have identified an Iranian by the name of Pouria Nour Mohammad Mehrdad. He is 19 years old and he is an Iranian, we believe that he is an Iranian,” he said.
“We have been checking his background. He have also checked him with other police organisation on his profile and we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group.”

“We believe that he is trying to migrate to Germany.”
The police chief said that they had not finalised their investigation on the other passenger who used a stolen passport.
“On the other person which travels on the stolen passport we are still conducting our investigation,” he sai

An illegal immigrant heading for Germany - shows the indirect routes these grubs use - doesn't say much for checking of passports

[fred]

The lack of not knowing what happened to this plane and its passengers 4 days after it went missing in this day and age is quite amazing to me.. Even suspicious.

Not even a single piece of floating debris?


Confusion surrounds details of missing plane, with discrepancies over time and last position, and odd reference to Mario Balotelli

http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...lane-balotelli

[fred]

Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Passengers' Mobile Phones Ring But Not Answered

According to China.org.cn, 19 families have signed a joint statement saying that their family members' cell phones connected, but the calls hung up. The relatives have asked Malaysia Airlines to reveal any information they might be hiding, seeking an explanation for the eerie phone connections. The relatives have complained that the Malaysina Airlines is not responding as actively as it should.
Angry family members also threw water bottles at an MAS spokesman and threatened to protest in front of the Malaysian embassy in China if the airlines did not "disclose" the "truth".




http://uk.news.yahoo.com/missing-mal...3.html#noplxUT

[fred]

MH370: Did authorities visit crash site today (Tuesday)?



http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalk...sh-site-today/

[KeithD]

This is starting to seem as though it's a depressurisation problem. The plane would have flown with everyone unconscious, or dead, until it ran out of fuel. Then the computers would keep the plane level and at flight speed until it landed on the water. Hence no wreckage. As no one was alive to open the doors, no lifejackets. The only problem with that theory is that it should still be floating.

[grahamw48]

It wouldn't be the first time Keith.

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[fred]

The only problem with that theory is that it should still be floating.

Perhaps it broke up into two big bits and sunk?
But why would the passengers mobiles phones have a ringing tone?

[Terpe]

....But why would the passengers mobiles phones have a ringing tone?

I just heard that report on the BBC news........
If those reports were correct (in the sense we all think) would that indicate land crash?